Editing Cogman

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:''Cogman is an [[Autobot]] [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] from [[Transformers: The Last Knight (franchise)|The Last Knight]] portion of the [[Movie continuity family]].''
[[File:TLKtrailer-Cogman.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"Fetching a rug, sir."]]

As the faithful, enduring manservant of the Burton family, the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] '''Cogman''' has safeguarded generations of [[Order of the Witwiccans|Witwiccans]] for seven centuries, protecting and maintaining the family's collection of secret artifacts. As a butler, bodyguard, and chauffeur, he's everything you could ask for—polite, proper, possessing a healthy respect for tradition, and unafraid to throw out a dry quip or two. 

That said, he's developed more than a few... ''eccentricities'' over his hundreds of years of servitude, including an unfortunate streak of "anger management" issues. This latter trait frequently causes problems for his latest charge, Sir [[Edmund Burton]].

{{quote|Don't kill the messenger. Or the messenger will kill ''you''.|Cogman|''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight]]''}}

==Fiction==
===''The Last Knight'' film===
{{voiceactor|[[Jim Carter]] (English), [[Yoshiyuki Kaneko]] (Japanese)|[[Tang Shuiyu]] (Chinese), [[Vincent Grass]] (European French), [[Jean-François Blanchard]] (Canadian French), [[Jürgen Kluckert]] (German), [[Paolo Marchese]] (Italian), [[Mario Gas]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Humberto Solórzano]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Sérgio Fortuna]] (Portuguese), [[Boğaçhan Sözmen]] (Turkish)}}
After [[Cade Yeager]] was given the [[Talisman (TLK)|Talisman]], Cogman reported the fact to Sir Burton and the pair began making preparations. Cogman was dispatched to the [[United States of America]] where he tracked down the holder of the Talisman, [[Cade Yeager]] who, with [[Izabella]] and [[Jimmy (TLK)|Jimmy]], was trying to evade [[Transformers Reaction Force|TRF]] drones at the time. Encountering the trio in a lift, Cogman immediately got into a fight with Yeager, who was shortly afterwards spirited away by one of the drones, forcing Cogman to contact Sir Burton to report everything had gone terribly wrong and Cade was probably going to die. Fortunately Cade survived the experience, and Cogman cleaned him up before introducing himself properly. He successfully talked Cade into leaving everyone else and heading to [[England]] with him by plane.

[[File:TLK Cogman beats Crosshairs.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.6]]
Cogman eventually arrived back at Castle Folgan with Yeager and [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] shortly before [[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Hot Rod]] arrived with [[Viviane Wembly]]. Cogman served the humans tea before attempting to decapitate Cade after he got fresh with Ms Wembly. Fortunately Sir Burton talked him out of it. He walked the dog as the group took a walk across the estate to the Round Table recreation and proceeded to play an organ and provide a choral accompaniment to Burton's exposition about [[King Arthur]], much to Burton's annoyance. When the TRF and MI6 moved in on the castle, Cogman alerted everyone and organized the evacuation. He and Sir Burton headed to Trinity Library in [[London]], where Cogman dropped his master off, serving as a distraction to the authorities and returning for a pickup once Burton had learned [[Earth]] was actually [[Unicron]]. A car chase with the TRF ensued, even after the pair switched to a decoy car. Ever the dutiful butler, Cogman even passed on Burton's phone messages while evading the authorities, and after a call from Viviane, they headed to the Royal Navy Museum to rendezvous with her and Cade. Cogman managed to lose the TRF on the way, and when they arrived, Burton parted ways with Cogman, leaving him to protect Cade and Viviane as they departed by sub to find the Staff of Merlin.

After the sub was attacked by the military, Cogman again had to stop Cade getting fresh with Ms Wembly, and subsequently shot himself out of the sub like a torpedo. He returned with two large fish which he made into sushi for the two humans. The submarine eventually arrived at a massive ancient Cybertronian ship and entered. Cogman refused to go into the water to reach the ship inside, adding Bumblebee to his shit list when the larger Autobot knocked him in. He later emerged from the top of the ship with Viviane after Megatron made off with the staff. The Cybertronian ship took them back to Stonehenge in England where Cogman was reunited with his master. As Burton lay dying, blasted by Megatron, Cogman ran to his side, and Burton thanked him for his service before expiring. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}

===Gathering of the Strongest Robots===
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===''Legends'' comic===
Cogman was among the heroic [[Kreon]]s who visited the [[Legends World]] to defend it from the Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers Legends Special Chapter|Special Chapter}}

==Toys==
===''The Last Knight''===
[[File:TLK-toy TTC-Cogman.jpg|right|thumb|300px|This ''may be'' the only Cogman toy you have a hope to find at normal retail.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Cogman''' (Tiny Turbo Changer, [[2017]])}}</ul>
:*''Series'': '''2'''
:*''Bag Code'': '''D'''

:Released as part of the second series of the [[Blindpacking|blind-packed]] [[Tiny Turbo Changers]] line, Cogman is a small, soft-plastic super-deformed toy that transforms from a robot into an unlicensed approximation of an Aston Martin DB11 in a few steps. He has articulated shoulders, and his hands are compatible with ''[[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' weapons and other 3mm-peg accessories. Like all Tiny Turbo Changers, his vehicle mode's wheels are immobile, sorry.

:This mold is also used to make [[Dropkick (Movie)#Movie Edition|''Movie Edition'' Dropkick]].

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[[File:TF-TLK-Turbo-Changer-Cogman.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|He studied at the "Bad Taste Academy" of "Mold-on-Crumpet".]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Cogman''' (1-Step Turbo Changer, 2017)}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TLK-26'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[September 16]], 2017

:Part of the third wave  of ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (toyline)|The Last Knight]]'' 1-Step Turbo Changers, Cogman transforms from a robot into an unlicensed approximation of an Aston Martin DB11 in just one step by twisting his rear vehicle, with a custom spoiler to balance his robot mode. As part of the Cyberfire gimmick, he features flame deco printed in "invisible" UV-reactive ink, which can be revealed by Mega 1-Step [[Dragonstorm#The Last Knight|Dragonstorm]]'s Cyberfire UV lamp.

:This toy's engineering was later used for ''Cyberverse'' One-Step Changer [[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)#One-Step Changers|Hot Rod]].
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====''Premier Edition''====
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[[File:TLK-DeluxeCogman.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"That's how it starts, sir. The fever, the rage, the feeling of powerlessness that turns good men... cruel."]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Cogman''' (Deluxe Class, 2017)}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TLK-29'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[December 31]], 2017
:* ''Accessories'': Sword, [[Titan Master]]
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro)}}

:Cogman was released as part of the fourth and final wave of ''The Last Knight Premier Edition'' Deluxe Class lineup. Cogman himself is a ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' compatible [[Titan Master]] figure (conveniently interpreting the screw on the figure's abdomen as the circular section on the abdomen of Cogman's onscreen model), capable of transforming into his diminutive "true" robot mode. He is packaged with a Deluxe Class sized [[transtector]] ([[Transformers: The Last Knight Google Hangout with the Transformers Team|referred to as such]] by the toy design team) that transforms from a robot into a licensed {{w|Aston Martin DB11}}. Cogman's head mode is compatible with any Deluxe-or-larger ''Titans Return'' toy, as well as ''The Last Knight'' [[Nitro Zeus#The Last Knight|Nitro]], whose non-transforming head can be removed to expose a compatible neck socket. In vehicle mode, Cogman's transtector can seat two Titan Masters. He also comes with a [[5 mm post|5mm]] sword accessory modelled after the sword form of Cade's [[Talisman (TLK)|Talisman]]. 

:The Titan Master's legs have forward-facing tabs at the knees that interfere with the arms in head mode. Either the arms or legs are going to stick out unless the tabs are cut off, though the arms sticking out are less intrusive.

:Cogman was revealed as a part of a [https://web.archive.org/web/20180213093707/http://ew.com/movies/transformers-the-last-knight-hasbro-toys/new-transformers-toys sponsored ''Entertainment Weekly'' article]  on [[June 1]], ahead of the [[Transformers: The Last Knight Google Hangout with the Transformers Team|Transformers team's Google Hangout]] later that day. 

:In the United States, this figure saw abysmal distribution, with only ''one'' confirmed sighting at normal brick and mortar retail, though more did eventually filter out through discount chains like Ross and Marshalls. By contrast, he was considerably more common in other Hasbro markets, inducing European countries such as the United Kingdom, Germany, and Italy. The Japanese version, meanwhile, was originally slated for an [[October 28]] release, but was eventually delayed till the last day of 2017.

::*''[http://www.transformers-universe.com/i.php?ID=6964 More information on Cogman at Transformers-Universe.com]''
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===''Studio Series''===
[[File:Studio-Series-MV5-39-Deluxe-Cogman.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6| The name's Bond. James Bond.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Cogman''' (Deluxe Class, [[2019]])}}</ul>
:*''Movie'': '''''The Last Knight'''''
:*''Hasbro ID number'': '''39'''
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SS-31'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[April 27]], 2019
:*''Accessories'': [[Talisman (TLK)#Generations|Sword]], [[Titan Master]], "[[London]] Escape" backdrop

:''[[Studio Series]]'' Cogman is a redeco of the ''The Last Knight'' Deluxe figure above, replacing most of his paint wash with shinier paint on most of his robot body and all his vehicle mode shells. He comes with redecos of the Talisman sword and Titan Master accessories from the original version of the mold, as well as a cardboard backdrop display depicting the London chase with the [[Transformers Reaction Force|TRF]] and [[Secret Intelligence Service|MI6]]. This version of Cogman is considerably easier to find than the original version, with at least ''2'' making their way to the shelves to at least ''1'' store.
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==Notes==
* Cogman originated as a "medieval droid" design that appeared in two pieces of personal art by concept artist Steven Messing around [[2014]]. These pieces of art were completely unrelated to ''Transformers'' at the time and were just considered "experiment" pieces that were done in his spare time while practicing his craft.<ref>"Medieval droid created with C4D and zbrush. Experimenting with new workflows."—[https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=250325141843819&set=a.229255640617436 Steven Messing on Facebook, 2014/06/10]</ref><ref>"Future Cityscape"—[https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=252338328309167&set=a.229255640617436 Steven Messing on Facebook, 2014/06/15]</ref>
* Although Cogman is described as a Headmaster by Sir Edmund during ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight]]'', he never actually demonstrates the ability on-screen. A scene involving Cogman beheading [[Nitro Zeus]] and using his body like a [[transtector]] was scripted for the movie, but ultimately went unfilmed. However, the respective toys retain the ability to swap heads.
* The Cogman Kreon who appears in the ''Legends'' comic uses the smaller Kreon body from the Kre-O "Cityville Invasion" brand.
* Amusingly, the ''Studio Series'' toy bio references Cogman's question to Burton on whether he had time to have a snuggle with [[Agnes]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Cogman''' (コグマン ''Koguman'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Cogman''' (Taiwan, 庫克曼 ''Kùkèmàn''), '''Zhǎnglǎo''' (China, 长老, "Elder")
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Spytsya'''  (Спиця, "Spoke")

==References==
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[[Category:Headmasters]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Legends Autobots]]
[[Category:Studio Series Autobots]]
[[Category:The Last Knight Autobots]]